† ˈpunctuistObs.rare. [f. L. punctu-s pointing + -ist.] =prec. 1836Smart, Punctuist, one skilled in punctuation.1853J. Owen (of Thrussington) Comm.Hebr.App. 372 To connect ‘forty years’ with ‘grieved’, was the work of the Punctuists, and this mistake the Apostle corrected.